Assign variable based on if statements in XSLT

Question

Here's the following pseudo code I'm achieving:

if {./jobtype eq 1} jobbackgroundcolor='#ffffff';
if {./jobtype eq 2} jobbackgroundcolor='#000000';
if {./jobtype eq 3} jobbackgroundcolor='#ababab';
if {./jobtype eq 4} jobbackgroundcolor='#eac123';
if {./jobtype eq 5} jobbackgroundcolor='#eacddd';

I don't know how to set the jobbackgroundcolor to a variable so I can essentially do this:

<a href="" style="background-color:{$jobbackgroundcolor}"></a>

Of course the code is pseudo code so any concrete implementations would be great.

I believe you are looking for xsl:choose. Please post an example of the input and the expected output, if you want a more detailed answer. — michael.hor257k
– michael.hor257k, Commented Jan 19, 2016 at 18:52

kjhughes · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-21 12:57:41Z

1

XSLT 2.0 solution

Given this input XML

<jobtype>3</jobtype>

this XSLT

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version='1.0' xmlns:xsl='http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform'>
  <xsl:output method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>

  <xsl:template match="/">
    <xsl:variable name="jt" select="number(jobtype)"/>
    <a>
      <xsl:if test="$jt = (1 to 5)">
        <xsl:attribute name="style"
                       select="concat('background-color:',
                               ('#ffffff','#000000','#ababab','#eac123','#eacddd')[$jt])"/>
      </xsl:if>
    </a>
  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

will output this XML

<a style="background-color:#ababab"/>

as requested.

edited Jan 21, 2016 at 12:57

answered Jan 19, 2016 at 21:26

kjhughes

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